Mingshi

Chapter 1249 Not enough food
Zhu Dashou smiled embarrassedly and said, "I can see it, but I'm not sure."

"Let's talk about Gao Gong!" Luo Xin paused and said, "This is Gao Gong's temptation to me. If I give in this time, Gao Gong will continue to persecute me in the future. Therefore, whether it is Xu Jie's last stand , or Gao Gong's temptation, I can't back down.

Hu Zongxian's matter is no longer his own matter, nor is it my Luo Xin's matter. It is the wrestling between Xu Dang, Gao Dang and Fuxing Society. Under this wrestling, I am afraid that the court will be reshuffled. Many people will leave, and many positions will be poured out in the officialdom. I also want to consider for the brothers of the Fuxing Society and let them all move up. "

Zhu Dashou said quietly: "That is under the circumstances that you have won this war. If you lose in the end and you can't even save yourself, how can you let the brothers move up?"

"So I can't lose! I can't retreat!"

"What do you think you have a chance of winning?"

"I don't ask too much, I just want Hu Zongxian to return to his hometown with dignity."

Speaking of this, Luo Xin smiled sarcastically: "Both Xu Jie and Gao Gong felt that they had seized the best opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity of disarmament to kill Hu Zongxian. However, they didn't know that if another Timing, maybe I can't help Hu Zongxian. But now at this time of disarmament, His Majesty is also most afraid of accidents, this timing is actually good for me. I'm just worried..."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm worried that even if I get Hu Zongxian a decent return to his hometown, Hu Zongxian won't be able to accept it."

"So what if he can't accept it?" Zhu Dashou glared and said, "Does he still want to be the king of the Southeast?"

Luo Xin closed his eyes, and said with a tired look on his face: "It may not happen. Now that the disarmament has made people panic in the guard, if Hu Zongxian climbed up and shouted the slogan on the side of the Qing Dynasty, the whole The guards in the southeast will respond like a cloud."

"That's horrible!"

According to the order of Emperor Jiajing, King Yu was in charge of disaster relief in the two counties inside and outside the capital city. Looking at the scene of starvation everywhere, King Yu, who was originally generous, burst into tears.He said to Hai Rui who was by his side:

"Master Hai, this... is too tragic! These are my Ming's people, we must find a way for them to survive!"

"Your Highness!" Hai Rui said respectfully, "Blessings of dragging the imperial court, the Ming Dynasty's finances are still manageable, and the imperial court is doing its best to relieve the disaster. It's just that the food in Taicang is limited, and the heavy snow has hindered the transportation of food from various places to the capital. Even Now we only give porridge twice a day, and Taicang can’t hold on for long, I just hope that it won’t snow like this, and some food from the south can be brought in.”

"What if it doesn't come?"

"That's a big deal!" Hai Rui looked serious.

King Yu was in a very bad mood, and sat on the eight-carrying warm sedan chair anxiously, heading towards the Ministry of Rites.Luo Xin has become the person King Yu relies on the most. Whenever there is a problem that he cannot solve by himself, Luo Xin is the first thing he thinks of.

However, after he arrived at the Ministry of Rites, he was told that because of the disarmament, the morale of the Fifth Army Battalion was also a little unstable, because there were rumors that the Fifth Army Battalion would cut half of it, so Luo Xin rushed to the Fifth Army Battalion.

In this way, King Yu's heart was even heavier, so he went to the cabinet to see Gao Gong.

He knew that the matter of the Fifth Army Battalion was not a small matter. Once the Fifth Army Battalion became unstable or even had a mutiny, it would be a major event.He couldn't help thinking of Hai Rui who was with him just now, and suddenly felt disgust towards Hai Rui in his heart.

Soon, King Yu saw Gao Gong.When Gao Gong saw King Yu, he couldn't help but blame him:

"Why did His Highness come here in person? If there is something to do, send someone to call me, and I just go to see His Highness. If you do this, others will think that Your Highness is not dignified."

"Gu is anxious!" Yu Wang sat down and said, "Gu went out to inspect the disaster relief early in the morning, and he hasn't eaten yet. Is there something to eat here, Master Gao?"

Gao Gong nodded and asked someone to prepare meals for King Yu. King Yu hurriedly said:
"One bowl of rice, one dish is enough, don't waste it."

When waiting for people to go down to prepare meals, King Yu said to Gao Gong: "Master Gao, now the victims are starving and starving, and I can't bear it. Can you increase the intensity of disaster relief?"

Gao Gong sighed and said, "Taicang doesn't have much food left."

Hearing Gao Gong's words, King Yu's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, and he said for a while, "Is there no other way?"

"It's just that Taicang, the capital city, doesn't have much surplus grain, but Daming is not short of grain. There is a lot of grain in the south, but the canals are frozen and the roads are blocked by heavy snow, so they can't be transported!" Gao Gong couldn't help sighing.

"Then... what should I do?"

"If it doesn't work, we can only ask the wealthy households in the city to donate food."

"This is great!" Yu Wang said excitedly.

"But...it's hard to do."

"why?"

Gao Gong sighed and said: "Being rich is not benevolent, they don't hoard grain, it's good to push up the price of grain, I want them to donate grain...hehe..."

"What should I do?"

"borrow!"

"Borrow?" King Yu asked wrongly.

At this time, someone brought up food. Although Yu Wang said that only a bowl of rice and one dish is enough, how is that possible?Still serve four dishes and one soup.King Yu was really hungry, so he just said that it was too wasteful, so he picked up his chopsticks and ate.

When the two of them ate, they didn't speak.King Yu was anxious to listen to Gao Gong's strategy, so he ate very quickly. In less than a quarter of an hour, he put down his chopsticks, looked at Gao Gong and said:
"Teacher Gao, how can I borrow it? Can they borrow it?"

"Borrowing is definitely possible. After all, it is a loan from the imperial court, which is still reputable. And they all know that there is food in the south. As long as the food from the south arrives in February next year, they can pay them back."

"Great!" King Yu couldn't help but jump for joy.

Gao Gong shook his head and said, "But they won't borrow a lot. At this time, they won't reveal too much. They can only maintain gruel twice a day until February next year."

"This..." King Yu's face turned ugly: "This will still starve to death."

Gao Gong sighed and did not speak again.

Ministry of Rites.

Luo Xin hurried back, looking tired.As soon as he stepped into the duty room, he sat on the chair tiredly.Lu Daqing stepped forward and said:
"Master, you haven't eaten a grain of rice this day, why don't you go out to eat something first?"

"I don't want to move anymore!" Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "Go to the restaurant opposite and buy me a mutton pot."

"it is good!"

Lu Daqing left in a hurry, and after a while, there were footsteps outside the door.As soon as the door opened, Hai Rui walked in quickly. Seeing Luo Xin's tired face, there was a trace of embarrassment in his eyes, but he still asked urgently:
"Master Luo, is the Fifth Army Battalion all right?"

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(End of this chapter)